Emergency Department Boarding, Inpatient Census, and Interhospital Transfer Acceptances

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Examines hospital crowding by analyzing associations between emergency department (ED) boarding and inpatient census with interhospital transfer (IHT) acceptances. Utilizes 2019-2023 data from an academic, level I trauma center in a southwestern state to compare urban and rural transfer requests and if the requests were accepted or denied.

Margaret Greenwood-Ericksen, Neil Kamdar, Kjirsten Swenson, et al.

JAMA Network Open, 8(5)

05/2025

Emergency department and urgent care services · Healthcare quality · Hospitals · Inpatient care · Rural-urban differences · Statistics and data